Hackerspace membership
Being a space member has benefits but of course also some responsibilities.
– With great power comes great responsibility.
Benefits
- 24/7 access
- Every member always has access to the space.
- Member storage
- Every member can get a member shelf AKA a drawer, to store personal stuff.
- A personal Nextcloud account with 1GB storage space by default
- nextcloud access
- there is a nextcloud instance managed and hosted by the hackerspace, an account on it is included in the membership
Responsibilities
- There are no passengers on this ship, only crew members.
- We are explorers, no pirates.
- Upon leaving the ship, clean your spot, and the spot next to you.
- Drinks are in the fridge, they are cool, cheap and help us stay afloat.
- Respect fellow members, their privacy and hardware.
- Communication generally works better than conflict.
- The guy/girl mopping the deck deserves more respect than the non-existing captain.
Tip:
- Sharing is good, share your knowledge, creativity, hardware and code.
- Respect is not enforced, it is earned.
- Parrots have no original thoughts. Think, don’t be a parrot.
- Truth is usually somewhere in the middle. Most issues aren’t binary anyway. Requantize.
- Last but foremost: Be excellent to eachother.
– From https://wiki.hsbxl.be/Patterns
Steps on becoming a member
- Come over for TechTuesday a few times. Get to know some members, talk about your interests.
- Fill out the membership form.
- Find 2 sponsors to sign your membership form.
- Once processed, you will receive a welcome mail with paying instructions.
- Once we receive your payment, will get access to the .
Paying instructions?
Yes. As much as we would like otherwise,
we need to pay bills to keep the ship afloat.
That’s why we ask a membership fee of minimum €30 a month.
In reality we need about €40 a month to break even, that’s your choice.
What are our fixed costs?
- Rent: €903/month
- Heating/electricity/water: +- €429/month
- Insurance: ?/year
- Legal costs (ex. statute changes): +- €100/year
Further we have nice tools and spend money at keeping it that way.
Just stating the obvious
- a hackerspace is not a meetup place for criminals (don’t ask us to hack the account of your ex).
- local law is also applicable here. Don’t break it.
˅ Page changelog 📖
- 2024-07-10: corrected some numbers on the membership page (wouter simons)
- 2024-05-03: Format files (Adrian Pascu)
- 2024-04-10: added the nextloud to the membership bennefits (Wouter Simons)
- 2023-11-07: update membership page (Jurgen Gaeremyn)
- 2019-03-26: company membership page (betz)
- 2019-03-26: company membership page (betz)
- 2019-03-12: membership page update (betz)
- 2018-12-23: Spelling & grammar (Vincent Baggerman)
- 2018-12-12: typo (Jurgen Gaeremyn)
- 2018-12-12: membership fee (betz)
- 2018-12-12: membership fee (betz)
- 2018-12-11: space membership page (betz)
Contact us
For any questions you can reach out to us over Matrix at #hsbxl:matrix.org.